My herniated and degenerated lumbar disc journey.

I'm a guy who herniated my L5/S1 disc in Feb. 2010 at the age of 30. I've tried tons of physical therapy, epidural steroid injections, countless medications, multiple MRIs, a micro-discectomy surgery, and finally a lumbar disc replacement surgery using a SpinalKinetics M6-L artificial disc. This blog is to share my experiences with others in hopes that my journey can be of value to those in a similar situation and to keep my friends and family updated.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

10 weeks

I'll keep this one short and sweet. Still doing well and feeling pretty good. Getting a bit stronger thanks to my physical therapy, but still feel like I have a ways to go before I get back into good shape. I went for a short bike ride today for 30mins and was reminded that my cardio fitness level is still pretty low, but that will come back with time. Still 2 weeks before the magic 12 week mark and my next set of xrays. Even after that, I think I'll still be pretty hesitant to do anything high impact for awhile, even though I feel good enough to even now.

3 comments:

AnonymousOctober 14, 2011 at 7:24 AM
Sounds like everything is going great!! Keep up the good work!!

Barry
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BrettOctober 14, 2011 at 9:47 AM
Nice work, Tim. I'm starting to get the high-impact itch too!
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Spine JourneyOctober 20, 2011 at 12:41 PM
Hello Tim, It has been inspirational following your post -op outcome. I would love to talk to you about your L-ADR. I'm considering same the level in the UK. Are you open to a off-line chat? If so, send me an email slbhb1930@gmail.com

Thank you for the very detail journey. So happy to hear about your success!!

Cheers~
Spine Journey
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